Former Singapore diplomat fined for taking nude photos of male customers in Tokyo bathhouse


Sim Siong Chye, 55, was a counsellor at the Singapore Embassy in Japan when he committed the offences. - INSTAGRAM, SINGAPORE EMBASSY TOKYO/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: A former diplomat who secretly filmed a boy at a public bath in Tokyo, among other acts of voyeurism, was fined 300,000 yen (S$2,600) on June 13, reported the Japanese media.

Sim Siong Chye, 55, was a counsellor – a diplomatic rank for experienced foreign service officers – at the Singapore Embassy in Japan when he committed the offences.

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